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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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